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Litigation

Dec. 23, 2014

Judge grills government, plaintiffs on standing in surveillance case

A federal judge grappled Friday with whether plaintiffs in a challenge to government surveillance programs have enough evidence about the search and seizure of their data to have standing to keep litigating their constitutional claims.


By Hadley Robinson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


OAKLAND - A federal judge grappled Friday with whether plaintiffs in a challenge to the government's surveillance programs have enough specific evidence about the search and seizure of their personal data to have standing to continue litigating their constitutional claims.


The case, spearheaded by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, precedes the disclosures of Edward Snowden in 2013, though it...

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